"I believe there is an Olympian in everyone."

Extreme Canadian fatuity--and "inclusiveness"--from a kid in a TSN commercial promoting their coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. A kid in another of their commercials says "Canada wins the Games." And we say Americans are hyper-nationalistic. Hurl.

Mark C.

Damian adds: and then there are the ones in which the narrator - Donald Sutherland, I think - reminds us that no Canadian has ever won a gold medal on Canadian soil. Way to rub it in, Don...

Update: The price for those Olympians on Canadian soil--definitely altius:

Vancouver City Council is seeking emergency borrowing powers to meet a funding shortfall of $458-million needed to complete the troubled Olympic Village project...

Posted by markc at January 12, 2009 08:56 PM